Crickets...

Stumped me...

Shaun

ok I give up

Alright Faust, time to give up the answer it has been driving me crazy.
Regards,
Robert

Last try..Pilot or Captain? I,m as stumped as they come.

Faust you're killing me

I cant wait any more!!!!!!!

Ok Guys

Hhhmmm Since the atmosphere gets a little suicidal here I will reveal the answer to you all.

Jimmy Edwards was Born in Barnes. The nicknames given to him by the troops was: "The Pie Eyed Piper of Barnes". He painted this also on the fuselage of the plane.

Give me a little time and I think up another question. A bit easier to look up too :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

Yeah I did some thinking and I thought up a new question.
Let`s test your knowledge again and stretch the brains to their limit.

First a bit of history:

After weeks of heavy fighting the Allies managed to break through the german lines and big chunks of Europe came in Allied hands. Huge parts of France with paris, Luxemburg followed quickly and very shortly after that Belgium with the very strategic important city of Antwerp because of the port. The allies were now only 20 Miles away from the Dutch Border and the liberation of it could only be a matter of days. Radio Orange and the BBC were broadcasting the news that it could not take long to whipe the german resistance out of Holland
This news also reached the Germans in holland and the NSB`ers (Members of the dutch Nazi Party) And on 5 September 1944 most of the Dutch Traitors and germans flee manic in fear of the revenge of the Dutch people and the allies. The National Flag of Holland and the Orange flags were hung outside the houses to celebrate the upcoming liberation. Since there was almost no bus or trainsystem anymore most of the germans and Dutch traitors together with their families went by foot to the safety of germany. Having their stuff in Handcarts etc. But everything that could still drive, (Bycicles, civilian cars, Horsekarts) was taken to go to germany
Well the truth was that the Allies almost made it to the Dutch Border but the force was stretched out and outran their supply lines and the whole advance made a sudden stop at the border and not advancing further. All the Germans and NSB`ers came back to start their reign of terror with much more violence as they did before.

My question is: Under wich name did 5 september 1944 go into History.

Dolle Dinsdag

Cheers
Henk

Ola Henk

Right on the head..... Boven op ze Harses :-) :-) :-)

The Answer was: "Dolle dinsdag (Dutch) "Crazy" or "Mad Tuesday" in English
Cyber-Dommelsch for henk and he makes the next question if I have understood the rules correctly.

Thank you Rob,
Tempting as it is to stay in my home country with the next question, I will move on.
The name of the senseless campaign, fought for nearly 6 months, from september 1944 till february 1945 on the border of Germany. Nearly 30.000 allied troops lost their lives fighting for the prestige of their top brass who couldn't admit they made a mistake by ordering the attack in the first place.

Cheers
Henk

Would it be Hurtegen Forrest?

Rodger Rodger, (Boom, Boom)

You are right, it was the battle of the Hurtgen Forest, also known by the G.I.'s as the Death Factory.

Your turn.

Cheers
Henk

Hmmm... what to ask?

Ok, this unit had as it's emblem a human skull, with the words "or glory" on a scroll underneath. They were sometimes called the 'death of glory boys.' They participated in a famous, if hopeless, cavalry charge in the 19th century.

What was the unit?

13th Hussars?

The 17th Lancers

I second the The 17th Lancers......

The Light Brigade ?

7th cavalry????
Robert

The 17th Lancers ..also known as 'Bingham's Dandies' :-)

"Flashed all their sabers bare, flashed as they turned in air"

Yes, the 17th Lancers. The 13th Hussars were also there, with the Light Brigade.

Rod, you're up.

Brace for impact..........

This is a really broad question, but to give any more info would give it away.

The lives of thousands of men and countless tons of shipping were saved by the actions of these 3 men, 2 of whom lost their lives in their daring feat, one pivotal in WW2. Who where they? What did they do? And what medal did they receive?

Subsequently, many believe the actions of these men have never received the public recognition it deserves.

Hmm, I've got an idea what it's connected to, but have no idea where to find the info . Good question.
As you didn't want to leave to many clues I'll leave the answer to those who have to much time on their hands :-) .

Cheers
Henk

MMMM... I'm thinking it was the siezure of the intact ENIGMA machine & current codes from the captured U-110, but the only crewman I can name in David Balme(first boarder), & I don't recall any mention of any casualties during the boarding or subsequent sinking of the unterseeboot. So, I'm probably way off.